Last birds of the year

[NC chicken man]

We processed our last 50 cornishX this past saturday and they were raised in the barn ,and I noticed that the livers didn't look as healthy as the ones we raised on the pasture we used the same feed,they were a little more brownish looking than the others,the only thing i can think of they did not get as much sun light?

Aaron

 

[lauralou]

That's really interesting, Aaron. Maybe they got more grass and greens to eat on pasture also?

Let us know when you eat them if they taste different. Fried chickens livers... YUM!

 

[jackiedon]

Aaron,

Could you tell any difference in their size, amount of feathers, or anything else?

jackie

 

[NC chicken man]

They were not as big as the other ones ,the feathers looked liked the ones raised on the pasture,and the birds were smaller ,we had one dress out 7 lbs this summer but most dressed out at 5.5 to 6.5 lbs ,most of these dressed out 4 to5.5 lbs.I used the same feed local ground with fertrell suppliment .

 

[bigredfeather]

How many weeks old were they when you butchered?

 

[NC chicken man]

7 1/2 weeks

 

[jackiedon]

Aaron,

Is there less pin feathers at 7.5 weeks than at 8 or later? We processed 10 tonight at 9 weeks and the pin feathers were horrible and we scalded them. We ended up skinning them.

jackie